All Leonard Bernstein Quotes
- Children must receive music instruction as naturally as food, with as much pleasure as they derive from a ball game, and this must happen from… Ball
- I believe that man's noblest endowment is his capacity to change. Believe
- It would be nice to hear someone accidentally whistle something of mine, somewhere, just once. Accidentally
- Which of my Jewish roots do I follow? Follow
- Stillness is our most intense mode of action. It is in our moments of deep quiet that is born every idea, emotion, and drive which… Action
- Even experimental composers, revolutionary composers, self-styled radicals are, in writing revolutionary music, recognizing the music that preceded them precisely by trying to avoid it. Avoid
- I think it is time we learned the lesson of our century: that the progress of the human spirit must keep pace with technological and… Able
- The second fiddle. I can get plenty of first violinists, but to find someone who can play the second fiddle with enthusiasm Enthusiasm
- Life without music is unthinkable. Life without music is academic. That is why my contact with music is a total embrace. Academic
- Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time... The wait is simply too long. Approach
- Music, of all the arts, stands in a special region, unlit by any star but its own, and utterly without meaning ... except its own. All
- I'm no longer quite sure what the question is, but I do know that the answer is Yes. Answer
- Any great art work … revives and readapts time and space, and the measure of its success is the extent to which it makes you… Aesthetic
- I've been all over the world and I've never seen a statue of a critic. All
- The joy of music should never be interrupted by a commercial. Commercial
- Time is the cruelest teacher; first she gives the test, then teaches the lesson. Cruelest